Elle Duncan

“I am greatly embarrassed for my actions early Sunday morning,” said Duncan in a statement posted to the station website. “I have been reminded — in a very difficult way – that any amount of alcohol can impair us. I take full responsibility for my actions. I apologize to my fans, our community, and my 11Alive family.”

WXIA added, “We are relieved that no one was injured and will be giving Elle the time she needs to deal with this personal incident.” continued…

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WXIA weekend anchor Valerie Hoff announced this week that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer (video above).

“The reason I wanted to make my diagnosis public is because I found the lump three months after a clear mammogram,” Hoff told former WXIA colleague Stacey Elgin. “I feel like it’s almost my responsibility to share that with other women.” [h/t NewsBlues]

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During his time at WGCL, Ludgood served as news director and as executive producer. He is a former vice president of CNN International who has also worked at WNCN in Raleigh, WXIA in Atlanta and WTVM in Columbus, Ga.

Ludgood begins Tuesday at the Fox O&O.

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At least one person is dead after a tornado touched down in Adairsville, Ga., Wednesday afternoon. Footage of the tornado was captured by WSB reporter Ross Cavitt, who had just arrived on the scene and was reporting from about a quarter mile away (video above).

All four Atlanta stations — ABC affiliate WSB, CBS affiliate WGCL, NBC affiliate WXIA and Fox O&O WAGA — have been in continuing coverage of the severe weather for several hours. The area remains under a severe thunderstorm warning. [via CNN]

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WXIA said the new and cleaner design was the result of viewer feedback. The look is based on the new graphics package station owner Gannett began rolling out a few weeks ago at all of its stations.

WXIA anchor Brenda Wood took viewers through the changes in a video you can watch after the jump. The new package also includes new music called, “This is Home.”

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Lionel Moise

Moise joins WLTX from WXIA in Atlanta, where he has been a multimedia journalist and producer since 2010.

Moise’s first broadcast was yesterday. He anchors from 5 to 7 a.m. alongside Nat Roers, who will return to the station next week after an extended medical leave.

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Elle Duncan

Duncan has previously worked for several local radio stations in the area. She debuted today on the station’s 4:30 a.m. newscast, and will be full time beginning Monday, WXIA general manager John Deushane said.

She replaces Nick Vavas, who is returning to New York, the Journal-Constitution reports.

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While covering the recent ACC men’s basketball tournament, Atlanta NBC-affiliate WXIA invited some team mascots into its studio, but an unofficial mascot–a skunk–showed up unannounced.

It was eventually revealed that traffic reporter John Gerard, aka “Commuter Dude,” had rented a skunk costume to surprise his morning colleagues.

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Ossmann was chief meteorologist at WXIA, where he worked for over a decade, when the NBC-affiliate decided to let his contract expire last year.  Before WXIA, Ossmann worked at Atlanta’s Fox station, WAGA.

“We’re happy to add Paul’s experience and expertise to an already strong team of meteorologists,” WGCL news director Eric Ludgood said, in announcing the hiring.  “This further cements our commitment to providing the most comprehensive television weather coverage in Georgia.” continued…

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When anchor Karyn Greer tumbled to the floor in the middle of a recent morning newscast on WXIA, her fall went unseen by Atlanta viewers since the camera was not on the anchor desk at the time.

Greer’s co-anchor Ted Hall changed that, however, when he introduced footage of the gaffe–to Greer’s surprise/horror–during the morning show the following week (video above). continued…

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DeMarco Morgan

For the past three years, Morgan has been a reporter at NBC owned-and-operated WNBC in New York City. He will start at WXIA in early January.

Morgan will co-anchor WXIA’s 6 p.m. newscast with Brenda Wood, who has been anchoring the program solo since Ted Hall moved to mornings in August. Morgan will also be reporting for the 11 p.m. newscast.

“DeMarco is a tenacious and aggressive reporter and an engaging and effective news anchor that makes it his mission to be involved with the community he serves,” WXIA vice president of news and information Ellen Crooke said in a statement.

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Shortly after rival station WAGA aired a big-time exclusive interview with Herman Cain accuser Ginger White on Monday evening, WSB caught up with White outside of her apartment.

While WSB didn’t explicitly mention the WAGA interview, reporter Amy Napier Viteri asked White why she had decided to go public about her alleged 13-year affair with the Republican presidential candidate. continued…

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All four major Atlanta news stations had crews in Jackson on Wednesday to cover the execution of Troy Davis, which occurred shortly after 11:00 p.m. following a last-minute postponement and a day of protest.

NBC-affiliate WXIA had two reporters in Jackson, covering both the execution and the interplay between protestors and police officers.  Matt Pearl was joined by Devin Feely, who described a “massive police presence.”

At the top of WGCL‘s 11 p.m. newscast, the CBS-affiliate read a sampling of how viewers were reacting to the execution on Facebook.  Reporter Jennifer Mayerle was in Jackson. continued…

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Gracia Martore will serve as the company’s principal executive officer during Dubow’s absence. Martore, who also stepped into Dubow’s leadership role during a prior medical leave in 2009, is the company’s president and chief operating officer.

“The Board has confidence in Gracia and our very capable management team to run the day-to-day operations of the company, and we believe Gannett won’t miss a beat at this important juncture,” said presiding director Duncan McFarland, in announcing the news. continued…

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GetGlue allows users to check in to television shows, music, movies, books — and now, local newscasts — the same way FourSquare allows users to check in to a physical location. Newscasts produced by WXIA — the Atlanta NBC affiliate — are now included in the GetGlue database, allowing users to share which local newscasts they are watching with their connections within the network, as well as on Facebook and Twitter.

WXIA has “made it a priority to increase audience engagement and interaction through social media,” according to a statement announcing the partnership with GetGlue. The station has more than 67,000 Facebook fans and counts its Twitter following — the station feeds, combined with the accounts of its anchors and producers — at more than 85,000.

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